Global Heritage Local History

Historic geological collections are unique resources that reconnect us with the natural world beneath our feet as well as the planet’s and our very own human history. They offer an opportunity to collaboratively explore global themes like climate change, management of natural resources or changes in biodiversity as well as colonialism and imperial legacies. This project aims to bring global and Bristol-based communities together via an online platform to pilot a new approach of collaborative collection research. The platform will hold images and collection information, inviting public contributions to co-develop new storylines linked to Bristol’s global geological collection. https://earthsciences.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/global-heritage-local-history/

Project kindly funded by Public Engagement UoB from the Research England QR Participatory Research Fund (QR PRF) 2022-23, Duration March – July 2023, Lead: Claudia Hildebrandt